Bored therapist texts during session, can’t understand why patient gets angry and leaves: ‘Do I wait for him to apologize?’

I’m always amazed when somebody has never had a bad therapist. You can always tell who they are because they talk about therapy as if it is a miraculous cure to any problem or social ill that you harbor. I’m sure many of us have heard some well-meaning person talking about how people who don’t …
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‘I don’t feel like I have the bandwidth for this’: Unprofessional therapist abandons session after just 8 minutes

It’s 2023, and pretty much anyone with eyes or ears is well-aware that therapy helps people. And given the copious amounts of global sickness, stress, and suffering, a huge percentage of the world’s population could benefit from it. Finding a good therapist, unfortunately, is much harder than accepting that you need one. Even if you …
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Therapist Slammed After Accusing Clients of ‘Trauma Dumping’ During Sessions

We thought we’d heard it all after normal support and friendly listening started being referred to as «emotional labor» but, man. Things just keep getting worse. Prior to the age of the internet, it was easy to simply imagine that our therapists were dutifully listening to us, trying to provide support, and guiding us into …
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